Europe
Does how you are treated in a foreign country depend on who you are and / or where you are from?
I had been taught that French people were snobbish over 10 years ago because I had heard such a reputation many times from a wide variety of people and media.
One day I met an Indian-American from New York, who had graduated from a world-famous university and currently works as an economist. He told me that [...]
American Freedom and “Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood” on an old French coin
After I came back to Japan from Vancouver, Canada, I started thinking of this question. “What is freedom?” Vancouver is about 2 hours from Seattle by bus. Its downtown and suburban facades are almost the same as the U.S. The area has the same kind of grocery shops and the same style of shopping malls [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My image of British and Australians
About 15 years ago when I watched “My fair Lady,” I thought that the U.K. was an awful country where people from different classes speak different kinds of English even if they live in the same city. Japanese people living in the same city speak the same Japanese no matter how poor they are.
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Japan is different from many other non-western countries.
After having talked to both a French Canadian as well as a Muslim Canadian, I found that my own attitudes towards society were somewhere in the middle, between the two of them. I have an understanding of both Western liberal society and Muslim conservative society because I can see some similarities not only between [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )My Europe and more (Photos)
The most beautiful city I have been to. (Prague, Czech)
Isn’t it mysterious that France can be traditional and liberal at the same time? (Paris, France)
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is here. (Oswiecim, Poland)
Where did all these tourists come from just to see a ten minute show of the Buckingham Palace guards? (London, The U.K.)
A happy giraffe [...]
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